🚀 New CatapultCMS Release — Global Links, Smarter Search & Performance Boosts
NOTE: Launching: 4/23/25 Between 2-5 PM
🚀 Highlights to Get Excited About
🌐 Global Links: No More Broken Links Between Sites
You can now create internal links between district and school sites—even if they aren’t part of the same sub-site structure. This means when district content moves, your links still work.
No more broken links, no more constant re-linking. It’s a big win for large districts managing lots of sites.
Note: Links will not transfer automatically to this format you will need to switch external links to internal links and select the district to make this change! If you don't see your sites in your dropdown, please reach out to Catapult Support@catapultcms.com to enable the option.
🔍 New: Searchable Internal Link Selector
Quickly find the page you're looking for with the new search bar in the internal link tool.
This saves time and reduces frustration—especially for districts with a large number of pages.
Fixes and Improvements
🐛 ADA Alt Text Fix for Banner Images
Alt text now carries over correctly for pre-cropped banners, keeping your site accessible and ADA-compliant with no extra work.
📁 Smarter File Handling (FM3 Uploads)
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Prevents file renaming during uploads to avoid errors
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Improves consistency in file names across File Manager and Amazon S3
Result: Fewer upload issues and more reliable file storage.
🚀 Streamlined Publishing
Catapult does a full site publish for most clients when a page has moved. We’ve simplified the publish logic by removing legacy "Force Pages" and "Force Repositories" options. The system now handles most scenarios automatically.
Note: If you are regularly experiencing publishing times longer than a couple of minutes please reach out to your customer success manager.
What this means for you:
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Fewer accidental full-site publishes
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Faster and smarter publishing experience
🌙 Overnight Layout Updates
When templates or layout groups are updated (e.g., due to a fix), bulk publishing now runs automatically at night.
Benefit:
Your layouts stay up-to-date without interrupting your team’s workflow.
🔧 Other Behind-the-Scenes Improvements
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Better Asset Discovery: Improved logic for locating missing files and icons
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Cleaner Filenames: We’ve stopped replacing spaces with dashes in file names (this will allow you to have spaces in your doc-lists again!
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Simplified Analytics Errors: Google Analytics issues are now grouped for easier troubleshooting
✅ Final Thoughts
This build is scheduled April 23rd! It will be added to Catapult instance automatically and an alert will go out to all users in your dashboard.
If you have questions, need support, or want help getting the most out of these features, just reach out to our Support Team.
Thanks for being a part of the CatapultCMS community!
— The CatapultCMS Team